Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Pompano On Fly, Matlacha

Angler Doug Rooney, who spilts his time between Cape Coral and Idaho, came out with me this morning in hopes of landing a tarpon on the fly but had to settle for a mixed bag of other species that kept hitting him instead. ﻿The highlight was this 12 inch pompano that crunched a 1/0 Tarpon Bunny pattern. These excellent tasting fish are are rare catch on any fly, especially a fast moving streamer. Just another example of the great opportunities in Matlacha Pass.

Welcome to the Pine Island Angler. This blog is published from my home base on beautiful Matlacha, Florida where I run my guiding business Wildfly Charters. I started this site to provide regularly updated news about salt water flats fishing throughout Southwest Florida, the Keys, and many other Stateside and Caribbean locations. As a full time guide since 1995 I'm always looking for that next undiscovered spot or secret fly that will lead me to even better fishing and I'm happy to share what I find here on this site. I welcome any of your comments on all of my posts. Feel free to contact me with any questions by e-mail at gmckee1@hotmail.com or call me directly at (239)565-2960. Capt. Gregg McKee